This famous quote comes from the preface to Prince Teng’s Pavilion.

Be poor and strong, and you will not fall into the clouds. It comes from "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" by Wang Bo, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, which means that although one is poor, one's will is stronger and one cannot lose one's noble ambitions and spirit of striving to make progress. "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" is a parallel prose written by Wang Bo, a writer of the Tang Dynasty, in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty (675).

The article starts from the topography and talents of Hongzhou to the banquet; it writes about the magnificence of Tengwang Pavilion, the vastness of the view, and the vivid scenery in autumn; and then it writes about the banquet and entertainment to the encounters in life, expressing the feeling of life experience ; Then he writes about the author's experiences and expresses his need to be self-motivated, and finally concludes with words of self-effacement and composing poems in response to orders. The full text reveals the author's ambition and resentment at being underappreciated.